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In this blog, I am going to share very useful tips that will
help you with ticket booking. I assure if you follow these steps, you can
easily book your special train tickets.

To use these tips, first, you need to ensure two things:

➨Download the IRCTC App and create your login.

➨You should have good speed on the internet.

What are the Tips to be followed to book Special
Train Tickets?

I would like to give you 4 tips that would help you in booking
special train tickets online.

➨As you may know, the ticket booking of the special train starts
at 8 a.m. so it is highly advisable to log in your irctc account around 7:57 am
and wait there for 2~3 minutes.

➨Create your master list of all the passengers looking to travel
on a special train.

➨While online booking tickets of the special train, IRCTC/the government is asking for some additional details related to your address such
as house number, post office, pin code, city, state, etc. Keep these details
handy with you when you are going to book tickets.

➨Payment processing is the most crucial step in special train
ticket booking. I advise you to select multiple payment options and then select
the Razorpay option. Copy your card number before login Irctc account
and just paste. Remember your card expiry and CVV and fill quickly. You will
get the OTP after filling all these details. Just enter your OTP and get your
confirmed tickets.

What are the precautions to be followed while
traveling in Special Train?

Here are some tips that you can follow while traveling via
train, bus, or any other way. Please ensure to follow these steps to avoid the
spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

➨Read all the government guidelines and follow them. Download
Arogya Setu App

World No Tobacco Day is the global event celebrated worldwide on 31st
May. The prime objective of this day is to raise awareness among persons about
the undesirable results of tobacco-related products.

Here in this blog, we are going to cover:

→What is the History of World No Tobacco Day?

→What is the Theme of World No Tobacco Day 2020?

→What is 1st hand, 2nd hand & 3rd Hand smoke?

→Why should I quit smoking?

→How the Tobacco industry attract Younger Generations

If you want to know more about World No Tobacco Day and the topics
mentioned above, you can continue, else you can quit.

What is the History of World No Tobacco Day?

World No tobacco day was started in the year 1987 by the WHO members to
spread awareness about the negative effects of the usage of Tobacco. Initially,
they were planning to pass a resolution to create “World No Smoking Day” on 7th
April, but later it was decided to start world no tobacco day on 31st
May by linking the theme of all tobacco products together.

What is the Theme of World No Tobacco Day 2020?

As you are aware of, the celebration of World No Tobacco Day every year
centric around a specific theme and slogan and the theme of 2020 World No
Tobacco Day is “Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing
them from tobacco and nicotine use”. The purpose of this year’s theme is to
encourage young people to take part in the fight against big tobacco.

How the Tobacco Industry Attract Younger Generations

➤Flavors appealing to children in smokeless tobacco, shisha, and
e-cigarettes

➤Promotion of tobacco products and the distribution of free samples at
popular events for young people.

➤Advertising and product placement on movies and tv-shows and through
social media platforms with paid influencers.

What is 1st hand, 2nd hand & 3rd
Hand smoke?

When I was researching World No Tobacco Theme 2020, I got to know about
the different hand of smoke i.e. 1st hand, 2nd hand & 3rd
Hand smoke.

1st Hand Smoke: The person who inhaled smoke is
called first-hand smoke.

2nd Hand Smoke: Second-hand smoke is the
combination of smoke that comes from a cigarette and smoke breathed out by a
smoker. When a non-smoker is around someone smoking, they breathe in
second-hand smoke. Generally, it is called passive smoking.

3rd hand Smoke: Thirdhand smoke is residual
nicotine and other chemicals left on indoor surfaces by tobacco smoke. The residue is reacting with common indoor pollutants to create a toxic mix
including cancer-causing compounds, posing a potential health hazard to
non-smokers especially children.

Key facts on tobacco consumption

Here are some important facts & figures related to tobacco consumption.

➤There are 1.3 billion tobacco users worldwide. That number would be
even larger if tobacco didn’t kill half of its users.

➤Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year.

➤More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use
while around 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to
second-hand smoke.

➤Around 80% of the world's 1.1 billion smokers live in low- and
middle-income countries.

➤Second-hand smoke is also injurious to health and responsible for
serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including coronary heart
disease and lung cancer.

➤In public places, approximately 50% of the children breathe polluted
air caused by tobacco.

➤As per the stats, approximately 60k~70K children die due
to the 2nd hand smoke.

➤Second-hand smoke is responsible for premature deaths of more than 1.2
million every year.

➤Second-hand smoke increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.
It is also harmful to pregnant women as it causes pregnancy complications and
low birth weight.

Why should I quit smoking?

There are numerous benefits if you quit smoking. Here we are listing
some of them and these are enough to ensure after reading this blog, think twice
before smoking.

World Environment Day is the global event celebrated every year on 5th
June and it is the principal vehicle of the united nation for encouraging
actions & awareness amongst the people towards the protection of the
environment. It was started in 1974 and since then we are continuously
celebrating. It has become a global platform with the participation of 143
countries worldwide. The major purpose of this day is to address all the
environmental problems.

Some of the major environmental problems are:

➨Air pollution

➨Water pollution

➨Global warming

➨Climate change

➨Increase of CO2 level.

➨Marine pollution

➨Human overpopulation

➨Wildlife crime & so on.

Here in this blog, we are going to list down the details of previous
year themes of World Environment Day & the details of the hosting nations.

LIST OF THEMES OF PREVIOUS YEARS WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

Here is a detailed list of previous year themes of world environment
days were chosen by the UN and the reason behind choosing all these themes.

The theme of World Environment Day 2018 was “Beat Plastic Pollution”
and the host nation was India. The reason behind choosing this theme was to
encourage peoples to avoid the usage of plastic and reduce the heavy burden of
plastic on the earth.

➨The theme of World Environment Day 2017

The theme of World Environment Day 2017 was “Connecting People to
Nature” and the host nation was Canada.

➨The theme of World Environment Day 2016

The theme of World Environment Day 2016 was “Go wild for life” and the
host nation was Angola. The purpose of this world environment day was to stop
or prevent the illegal trade in wildlife.

➨The theme of World Environment Day 2015

The theme of World Environment Day 2015 was "Seven Billion Dreams
One Planet. Consume with Care" and the host nation was Italy.

World Environment Day (WED) is one
of the biggest global events observed worldwide on 5th June. On this
day, millions of people across the globe celebrate & support the theme
defined by the United Nation.

World Environment Day is also known
as people’s day for doing “something” to take care of the earth. If you
want to know what you mean by something, then it simply means doing anything
that supports the agenda of environment protection. It could be either local,
regional, or global. You can contribute either solo or become a part of the group
celebrating this event. You are free to choose and contribute in any manner.

World Environment Day has become a
global platform to reach millions of peoples across the globe with participation
from more than 143 countries globally. Major corporations, NGOs, government,
celebrities, etc. participate and advocate environmental causes.

What is World Environment Day
& when it is celebrated?

World Environment Day is the global
event conducted by the united nation worldwide to spread awareness among people
to understand the importance of Mother Earth. The major objective of WED is to
protect our nature and look at various environmental issues growing day by day.
Air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, climate change, global warming,
ozone depletion, noise pollution, marine pollution, overpopulation, etc. are
the major’s environmental problems.

What is the history of World
Environment Day?

World Environment Day was established
by the UN general assembly in 1972 on the first day of the Stockholm conference
on the human environment. The reason behind reserving a day for environment
protection was to integrate the human actions with the environment. Two years
later in 1974, on 5th June, the celebration of first-world
environmentday took place and the theme was “only one earth”. In 1987, a decision took place among the
member countries to change the host countries every year.

What is the theme of World
Environment Day 2020?

Each year, World Environment Day is
organized around a theme that draws attention towards a, particularly
environmental concern. The 2020 World Environment Day theme is “Celebrating
Biodiversity”.

Who will host the World
Environment Day 2020 Theme?

In 1987, the member countries of the
United Nation decided to change the host countries every year and since then, a
different country is hosting the event. This year, Colombia in partnership with
Germany will host the theme of World Environment Day 2020. If you can recall
the theme of 2019 World Earth Day, then it was “protect the species”. Due to irresponsible behaviors of human
beings, extinction of close to one million species has taken place so it would
be the right time to focus on biodiversity.

Image Information (is taken from Google) Ricardo Lozano, Colombia’s Environment Minister, Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, and Jochen Flasbarth, Germany’s State Secretary for the Environment, making the announcement at COP2

Columbia has been chosen to host
the global event theme of WED 2020 and it is one of the megadiverse countries
hold 10% of planet biodiversity. If we talk about bird or orchid species, it
ranks first & species like a plant, butterflies, freshwater fish, & amphibians,
it ranks second.

What is Biodiversity & why
it is important?

Biodiversity refers to the variety
& variability of life on Earth. It is the variation of earth’s terrestrial,
freshwater & marine species and as well as their habitats.

Broadly speaking, it is the
collection of species such as humans, animals, plants, trees, birds, water, and
anything you can see on earth. Biodiversity is very important to maintain
sustainable life & ecological balance on the earth. It provides food,
water, and other necessary resources for the survival of species.

What was the theme of previous
years World Environment Day?

Here are the details of the list of
themes of each year along with the hosting nation.

The theme of the current year
(2020) World Environment Day is Biodiversity.